Brian Sather who is rebuilding his home after Hurricane Ike destroyed his home in Gilchrist. Sather a Gilchrist resident who wants the Bolivar Peninsula to secede from Galveston County and join Chambers County.
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Brian Sather who is rebuilding his home after Hurricane Ike...

Brian Sather who is rebuilding his home after Hurricane Ike destroyed his home in Gilchrist. Sather a Gilchrist resident who wants the Bolivar Peninsula to secede from Galveston County and join Chambers County.
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Brian Sather who is rebuilding his home after Hurricane Ike...

Brian Sather who is rebuilding his home after Hurricane Ike destroyed his home in Gilchrist. Sather a Gilchrist resident who wants the Bolivar Peninsula to secede from Galveston County and join Chambers County.
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Brian Sather who is rebuilding his home after Hurricane Ike...

Brian Sather who is rebuilding his home after Hurricane Ike destroyed his home in Gilchrist. Sather a Gilchrist resident who wants the Bolivar Peninsula to secede from Galveston County and join Chambers County.
Thomas B. Shea/The Houston Chronicle
Photo: Chron

Brian Sather who is rebuilding his home after Hurricane Ike...

Some Bolivar residents are considering a seccession from Galveston County and moving to Chambers County. Galveston County Judge Mark Henry said he will poll peninsula residents to see if a majority favors being annexed by neighboring Chambers County.
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Photo: Beaumont

Some Bolivar residents are considering a seccession from Galveston...

Bolivar Peninsula residents must take a ferry to cross over into Galveston. Some of the peninsula's residents have started talking about seceeding from Galveston County and asking neighboring Chambers County to annex the peninsula. Both of the counties' judges say they are open to the idea.
Enterprise file photo
Photo: Pete Churton

Bolivar Peninsula residents must take a ferry to cross over into...

Brightly painted new beach homes fill the blocks four years after Hurricane Ike devasted the area on the Bolivar Peninsula, Saturday, April 21, 2012. Tammy McKinley/The Enterprise
Photo: TAMMY MCKINLEY